1860, Anna was born in a poor peasant family in New York State. There are 10 sisters in the family, and she is the third.
/kloc-when she was 0/2 years old, she worked as a maid for a rich family on a nearby farm in order to help her parents earn money to support their families. For the next 15 years, she basically spent it like this: sewing, washing clothes and cooking.
At the age of 27, she married Thomas Moses, a farm worker. After marriage, like her mother, she gave birth to ten children, but five died.
Like all rural women, when she became a wife and mother, she spent almost all her time taking care of children, doing housework and farm work. In this way, day after day, in a blink of an eye, the child grew up and his temples were gray.
However, time is a wonderful thing, which often gives you unexpected surprises when you are ready for the dust to settle.
At the age of 72, Grandma Moses went to visit her daughter in the city. In order to let her mother pass the time, her daughter gave her an embroidered picture for her to imitate. Colorful silk threads were worn and twisted into a beautiful picture, which fascinated Grandma Moses, and he fell in love with embroidery from then on.
However, when you are old and weak, you will always be at a loss. At the age of 76, because of severe arthritis, she had to give up embroidery and change needles and brushes. She began to paint.
Without formal painting training, Grandma Moses simply copied it at first. Soon, childhood memories, pastoral scenery and folk customs gradually emerged in her paintings and became her creative themes. The more she paints, the more she likes it.
When a person meets something he likes, he is always fascinated and happy. Therefore, although Grandma Moses is nearly 80 years old, he still paints three or four pictures happily every week.
Once, my daughter came home and saw her mother's paintings piled up in the attic. She felt it was a pity to throw them away, so she took them to town and put them in the window of the grocery store as decorations.
1938, a collector in new york happened to see the paintings in the window and was fascinated by the natural and fresh painting style. He bought all the works on the spot, then went to Grandma Moses's home and bought the only remaining 65,438+00 paintings in her home. The news shocked the whole town.
More unexpectedly, however, Grandma Moses's paintings quickly attracted the attention of the new york art world. 1940, a famous art dealer in new york held a solo exhibition for her, which caused a sensation all over the world. This year, Grandma Moses was 80 years old.
Her fresh and bright paintings and inspiring life experiences quickly became household names.
Her art exhibition spread slowly around the world, and thousands of people came here. Her works are expensive in Luoyang, and many clothes and packages are printed with her paintings. For a time, she became a veritable "American Idol" and appeared on the cover of Time Life.
However, a late bloomer doesn't mean a curtain call of honor, and the prosperity of fame and fortune can't take away peace. Even though she became a world-famous folk painter, she still lived a free life like an old woman in the country.
She said, "When I first started painting, I never dreamed that I would succeed. When the chance of success hit me, I still lived a quiet painting life. "
She still likes to be close to nature and return to her heart. Walking around the farm every day, helping the flowers and plants at home, the days of singing birds and flowers are dull and happy.
She also likes to nag at home and tease her grandchildren. Tell stories to young great-granddaughters. A kitten and a puppy live a trivial and happy life in Doby.
Although she is old, wrinkled and hunched, Grandma Moses still has enviable beauty and elegance. She devoted herself to painting, lived a quiet life, fought against time with a brush, and kept a young and innocent heart.
100 years old, Grandma Moses said, "I am 100 years old, but I still feel like a bride. What I want to do most is to go back to the starting point and start again. "
196 1 year, she died peacefully at the age of 10 1 year. She left behind 1 1 grandchildren, 3 1 great-grandchildren, and countless admirers.
She lived for a century and was a peasant woman all her life. At the age of 76, he began to paint, leaving more than 1600 works, and became famous in his later years. This ordinary and great woman has proved one thing with her whole life: life is never too late to start.
As Grandma Moses said, "Do what you like, and God will be happy to help you open the door to success, even if you are 80 years old now."
Not afraid of old age, you can rejuvenate, not afraid of being late, and you can be a late bloomer. Beauty has nothing to do with age, and success does not happen overnight.